aporocactus_flagelliformis_cactus


	Enter dictionary search query here. aporocactus_flagelliformis MEANING: commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days Hypernym Tree (aporocactus_flagelliformis is a type of) cactus -- (any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World succulent -- (a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs vascular_plant, tracheophyte -- (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms plant, flora, plant_life -- (a living organism lacking the power of locomotion organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently living_thing, animate_thing -- (a living (or once living) entity object, physical_object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) Holonyms (aporocactus_flagelliformis is a part of) Aporocactus, genus_Aporocactus -- (small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico Also See pitahaya_cactus, pitahaya, Acanthocereus_tetragonus, Acanthocereus_pentagonus -- (cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit rattail_cactus, rat's-tail_cactus, Aporocactus_flagelliformis -- (commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days living_rock, Ariocarpus_fissuratus -- (usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States saguaro, sahuaro, Carnegiea_gigantea -- (extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit night-blooming_cereus -- (any of several cacti of the genus Cereus coryphantha -- (a cactus of the genus Coryphantha echinocactus, barrel_cactus -- (any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil hedgehog_cereus -- (cactus of the genus Echinocereus rainbow_cactus -- (a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico epiphyllum, orchid_cactus -- (any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers barrel_cactus -- (a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits Easter_cactus, Hatiora_gaertneri, Schlumbergera_gaertneri -- (spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera night-blooming_cereus -- (any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus chichipe, Lemaireocereus_chichipe -- (tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit mescal, mezcal, peyote, Lophophora_williamsii -- (a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons mammillaria -- (any cactus of the genus Mammillaria feather_ball, Mammillaria_plumosa -- (a low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico garambulla, garambulla_cactus, Myrtillocactus_geometrizans -- (arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit Knowlton's_cactus, Pediocactus_knowltonii -- (small clustering cactus of southwestern United States; a threatened species nopal -- (any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears prickly_pear, prickly_pear_cactus -- (cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock cholla, Opuntia_cholla -- (arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico mistletoe_cactus -- (a plant of the genus Rhipsalis Christmas_cactus, Schlumbergera_buckleyi, Schlumbergera_baridgesii -- (epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter night-blooming_cereus -- (any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus crab_cactus, Thanksgiving_cactus, Zygocactus_truncatus, Schlumbergera_truncatus -- (South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera